this community favorite and she's older elephant. So we used massage and acupuncture can help her with some of the age related conditions like I have arthritis and also T relief for boredom for a

our lives here in the hood river area. And she's been an acupuncture wrist for. Acupressure wrist sorry for a number of years in addition to being animal massage practitioner. And she'll be teaching classes starting in March. So maybe tell me what is the difference between acupuncture and acupressure. I acupuncture is some thing done by a veterinarian or human acupuncture is only so involves placing needles in the body which is invasive procedure. So that has to be done by a veterinarian.

is really great because they may not tolerate needles even though an acupuncture needle is very differ from mom hypodermic needle. And it's not very painful. Or painful at all in many cases sometimes the

even Vietnam's. And it's been a variety of practices over that time. Acupuncture herbal medicine talks about sentencing to beat people might be marked and they would like KG cheek all the laps of practice. They came to America with the first Chinese immigrants to this country so there's been Chinese medicine and America since the eighteen hundreds. And served its early history it was mostly herbal medicine. But when. James rep then came Primerica to open the door to trade to China and the 1970s. He actually had an emergency appendectomy when he was in China. And help recover from the surgery they get an acupuncture . So you'd both be ready about an excess but he actually end up reading a lot about it experience getting acupuncture and that's sort of brought it back into America and so that's why people don't acupuncture and acupuncture at that because of New York Times article from the nineteen companies. And then shortly after that schools open Blake insurer was developed and the whole team of professional block content within the United States. But sort of what sort of things are considered oriental medicine massage acupuncture . That so what it in. In East Asia it's just abroad complement our practices that were actually for most of its history just considered Madison so medicine that's practiced primarily actually as herbal medicines. So those are Dick how auctions where they'll take a bunch of herbs together and relevant to powders or put them together entities or soups. And basically administer them that way I'm from the tropical former internal there's a huge tourniquet PS that he is throughout East Asia and I wanted to say is that Dominic practice. Under acupuncture and that includes both acupuncture and mocked Sebastien. So acupuncture point can be needles they can also be warmed with the preparation of my war. So kind of depends on if you hot or cold condition she if her condition is called leave the warming therapy. Such as mark thirtieth like. Infrared Lan port something like that. On and then we also used and the modern day election acupuncture or they can actually hook. Electrodes opt to use acupuncture needle to simulate muffle the speculation and other kinds of model release we are they used cup being blocked shots. And then

actually to receive any kind of physical medicine for their injuries including acupuncture and Chinese not offend. Com regular insurance like mode and all of those types of carriers also walk and cover writer or at their core insurance. Complementary care so it's really becoming integrated medicine I think driven by patient demand for all of the options. On the they might have to treat pain or other conditions comes so it's moving from from Kabul maintenance of to the integrated matrix so let's just considered Madison and the country. Let's great. How did you just get into stating acupuncture and in oriental medicine. Unwell my journey isn't always welcome at the famous somewhat different so my background with action east Asian studies before I knew I was gonna become an acupuncture and so part of my interest of all that I actually traveling to China. And my body a Chinese language and culture. But I think pretty much anyone who pursues this field has had some kind of positive experience with the medicine directly. I'm so that either. They are a family member on the hats and kind of intractable problem that would ultimately resolved kissing an acupuncture STR and Mikey it was actually medical nutrition. Which is eating foods that are customized to hang your constitution and whatever can

but from also direct contact with the Madison. Are you still practicing acupuncture . Absolutely so I'm Elaine let's practitioner and I'm also the president for the state professional associations tell. I practiced what I preach and get to preach and practice. So is is acupuncture painful little. It should be so if someone at the lake that professional and come how come we can receive hundreds of

helps win. I healing and to promoting healing. Is it similar to acupuncture does its affect the same areas the same pressure points is acupuncture well it's different than acupuncture it's administered by laying on hands so it's a a touch therapy. And it's similar to acupuncture in the sense that they both. Have work with the energy system of the body. But it is administered to certainly differently. It also has some ancient roots to it like acupuncture . And I would think that they would both fall under the category of energy medicines. So far I'm first time Ricky client.

hesitant. To open up to the other concepts that eastern techniques of acupuncture even now it's just beginning to be looked at seriously by insurance companies and and the like yeah why is that bias

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did not address that a basket I -- him saying try some acupuncture along with that she -- that's actually good idea I'm I'm doing acupuncture so I a lot of -- I don't know do you know -- Various but says that stress free thanks Jamie providing

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or returning veterans northwest. And that's bunch of pro Bono counselors chiropractors. Acupuncture massage therapists they're donating their time pro Bono help our veterans coming home and it's are real great. And they have out

be kind of full power fight whatever tighten. Exactly and sometimes the acupuncture also -- kit. Improve immunity and if somehow it's not a question of reducing stress it often does address the symptoms it

you we hope we know our limitations here. -- and no way acupuncture courses is one of the major forms of therapy. What goes into that. Well ha is that insertion of needles this that

Immune cells in the area are stimulated by the -- of the acupuncture needle. And they come to the area by a process called -- taxes because because of the release of chemical modulated that

Croatia Cuban I don't know -- still there. But he added an acupuncture clinic on the south waterfront through Croatia killing patients can go down there they need to we also. Have the 2% air which is mostly -- an addiction and detox from the outside in which is low income. There's European Winston healing dinner and then project questioning old town's clinic so there's the number of different locations around town with. Varying scales on -- socioeconomic. Status in terms of affordability so it's. Well NA NC acupuncture was -- exposure for example is probably hasn't it is even close to as expensive as a lot of western medicine practices

That's great yeah -- wave -- yes so and often. You know acupuncture I have to admit acupuncture is often not AS. A one treatment phenomenon it did happen on the case -- it's rare that a single treatment --

necessarily but there's some degree as ignorant with respect to. How effective acupuncture and oriental medicine can be -- also. -- it actually can be a viable occupation and career for their for the rest

now Aladdin yeah I know there are a lot of misconceptions about acupuncture specially -- other forms Chinese -- what are what are most common. Well obviously the first thing is that people think it's going to hurt or. -- -- -- -- My my father actually when I was a kid he was you they had a regular acupuncture is that would come to our house and do it in the mideast and and it freaked me out -- See my